[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10594]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                ANOTHER DAY AT THE IRS, ANOTHER SCANDAL

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, another day, another IRS scandal is 
revealed.
  The Inspector General has identified improper use of taxpayer money 
by the people who collect taxes--the tax collectors. While the IRS was 
targeting conservative groups for audits, over 100 IRS employees 
improperly used government credit cards. ``I'm shocked.''
  Tax collectors have been sticking it to the taxpayers with spending 
only the IRS can get away with, including--listen to this--thousands of 
dollars on diet pills, romance novels, baby bottles, baby clothes, 
smartphones, a popcorn machine, bandanas, stuffed animals, sunglasses, 
``swag'' like kazoos, and Thomas the Tank Engine wristbands and bathtub 
toys. There's a lot more. You can't make this up, Mr. Speaker. Were 
they ever disciplined by the IRS? Of course not. This is the IRS. They 
are the law. They are the government.
  Mr. Speaker, it's time to audit the tax man and the tax collectors. 
The squandered money should be returned in full to the Treasury--with 
interest penalty, just like the tax collectors charge citizens when 
they audit us.
  And that's just the way it is.

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